Example sentences of "then set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She will then set off for Shetland again at 2 am , arriving at 2pm .
2 Both the latter films were made by Walter Booth for Charles Urban , an American who had been sent to Britain in order to look after Edison 's interests , then set up on his own as a distributor and exporter of French and American films .
3 Yet at the time , he admits , he saw it merely as a way to travel , learn the ropes and then set up in business on his own account .
4 As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry .
5 Full of excited anticipation , she caught an overnight train , managed to get a taxi to turn out at the crack of dawn to take her to Morfa , then set out along the causeway to Brynteg .
6 We then set out for Muscat , but with nightfall approaching , we landed in Abu Dhabi .
7 And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own .
8 She then set out to her sister 's , some considerable journey away on the other side of the town .
9 Fishermen would repair to the woods to cut hazel and withies to make or mend their pots , then set out in their small boats to their chosen ‘ grounds ’ to drop the pots .
10 He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops .
11 Champion let Aldaniti take the last fence in his own time and then set off up the run-in which the jockey later described as ‘ the loneliest place in the world ’ .
12 The Mozarts then set off for Mannheim , which , under the music-loving Elector Carl Theodor , had one of the finest orchestras in Europe ; and since 1742 the Electoral palace had also included an opera house in the west wing .
13 With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home .
14 We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor .
15 I nip down to Engineering and borrow a remote ( must keep tabs on things in London ) , then set off for the circus .
16 There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast .
17 The Squadron had originated as the idea of a New Englander , Norman Prince , who had learned to fly in Massachusetts in 1914 , and then set off to France with the intention of forming a unit for American volunteer flyers .
18 When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away .
19 She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view .
20 ‘ Give these to the first person you come across , introduce yourself and see what happens , ’ she advised him , then set off on her own to the kitchen .
21 Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting .
22 A group of about fifty teenagers who had followed them then set off on their own march through the banned area .
23 First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right .
24 I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office .
25 ‘ By making your legs do the work instead of your poor over-used mouth , ’ he returned drily , then set off across the field before she could reply .
26 He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were .
27 Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest , then set off in pursuit of her employer .
28 On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island .
29 The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car .
30 He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith .
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